Do I dare throw “proxy server” (as in “anonymous”) into the mix? Jim
On Nov 15, 2014, at 1:00 PM, John Lightsey via Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2014-11-15 at 13:01 -0600, G. Wade Johnson via Houston wrote: >> On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:18:22 -0600 >> Fraser Baker via Houston <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Y'all: >>> >>> Is there a way to get the Client's computer name or any other >>> identifying term? I can get the server's name, but that doesn't help >>> me. I have searched for this, without avail. >> >> I assume you are talking about a web request? >> > > ... > >> Anyone else have an idea for Fraser? > > The question is difficult to answer without more detail. > > Software is client side: > - Sys::Hostname > > Software is server side and client is a willing participant: > - cookies without any registration process > - registration + email confirmation + login/cookies/api-tokens/etc > > Software is server side and client is malicious or unwilling to provide > information: > - use the IP address instead of the hostname > - browser fingerprinting (Browser::FingerPrint) > - reverse DNS lookup (gethostbyaddr() or Net::DNS) > - shodan (WWW::Shodan::API) > - nmap, particularly the NSE scripts (Nmap::Parser) > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
